BY LOUISE DONOVAN AND REFILOE MAKHABA NKUNE
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women.
Employees at a garment factory in Lesotho, a tiny country in southern Africa, say they have lived in constant fear for years. Each day at 7 a.m., as their sewing machines whirred,...
By Majirata Latela
Unlawful recipients of social grants should brace themselves for the full brunt of the law if government’s threat that it is devising means to clamp down on them and rid the scheme of pervasive systematic rot, is anything to go by.
Since its inception in the year 2004,...
By Neo Kolane
The plight of elderly people who are forced to take care of grandchildren continues to come under the spotlight after it emerged that numerous frail old women in Mokhotlong are looking after kids who are left behind by their parents.
The rural district of Mokhotlong lies about 400km...
By ‘Majirata Latela
Lekokoaneng LECSA High School is one of the schools in the Berea district which for many years has faced the challenge of substance abuse among learners.
Although Lesotho does not have clear data on substance abuse in schools, the ministry of education and training admits that the situation...
By ‘MajirataLatela and Kefiloe Kajane
Government’s announcement of its intention to sever all ties with Tšepong (Pty) Ltd which manages Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH), stakeholders have welcomed the move as a long overdue one which will go a long way to saving taxpayers’ money and restoring Basotho’s faith in...
